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The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation
The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation. / By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook in the city of London. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1657
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THE SAINTS SPIRITUAL DELIGHT. › Chapter 7: A suasive to this holy delight in Religion.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. The Law of God is a light that shines in a dark place, 2 Pet. 1.19. *it is our pole-star to guide us to heaven; 'twas Davids candle and lantern to walk with, Ps. 119.105 now, light is sweet, Eccles. 11.7. 'tis sad to want this light; those heathen who have not the knowledge ⟨p. 38⟩of Gods Law, must needs stumble to hell in the dark. Hierom brings in Tully with his Oratory, and Aristotle with his Syllogisms, crying out in hell; they that leave the light of the Word, following the light within them, (as some speak) prefer the shining of the glow-worm before the Sun.
2. The Law of God is a light that shines in a dark place, 2 Pet. 1.19. *it is our pole-star to guide us to heaven; 'twas Davids candle and lanthorn to walk with, Ps. 119.105 now, light is sweet, Eccles. 11.7. 'tis sad to want this light; those heathen who have not the knowledge ⟨p. 38⟩of Gods Law, must needs stumble to hell in the dark. Hierom brings in Tully with his Oratory, and Aristotle with his Syllogismes, crying out in hell; they that leave the light of the Word, following the light within them, (as some speak) prefer the shining of the glo-worm before the Sun.